BC/AD Sculpture Ancient to Modern
BC/AD Sculpture Ancient to Modern
Lot Closed
July 9, 03:00 PM GMT
Estimate
6,000 - 8,000 GBP
Lot Details
Description
ITALIAN, 19TH CENTURY
SIX FIGURES OF APOSTLES
terracotta
one inscribed: Fev. 8 - 1826. 2o
the smallest: 19.5cm., 7¾in.
the largest: 21cm., 8¼in.
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The French date inscription on one figure (presumably representing St Peter) in this accomplished group of six Apostles would suggest that they were made as studies for a major ecclesiastical commission from the very early months of the reign of Charles X in France.